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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9562313" data-attributes="member: 50987">We're ramping up for <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/session-zero-and-nobody-chose-a-spellcaster.707952/post-9510410" target="_blank">our next D&amp;D campaign</a>, and one of the players (&quot;Gaelin&quot;) really wants to play the role of a werewolf.&nbsp; (This person is an avid hunter, and also a huge fan of The Elder Scrolls games, especially Skyrim and Elder Scrolls Online, loves dogs...)&nbsp; So nobody was really surprised when she asked the DM &quot;so in this campaign, can I be a werewolf?&quot;&nbsp; Our DM is a good one, and she agreed to work with the player to find a way to make it happen.&nbsp; The version in the Monster Manual was kicked out of consideration, because she didn't want the character to become an alignment-shifting part-time NPC...but pretty much anything else is on the table.The player wants to be able to grow as a werewolf, similar to the way things are done in Skyrim.&nbsp; (For those who don't know: contracting lycanthropy in Skyrim unlocks a special quest and a whole new skill tree.&nbsp; As you unlock parts of this skill tree, you learn a unique form of magic (howls) that allow you to temporarily boost your combat ability, summon spectral wolves, heal yourself, etc.)&nbsp; So the player wants his lycanthropy to be more than just a status condition--she wants it to gradually change her character over the course of several levels.I thought it would make a good discussion topic for EN World.&nbsp; And I also thought it would be fun to set up a poll, and then collect peoples' suggestions and put them into the poll.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9562313, member: 50987"] We're ramping up for [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/session-zero-and-nobody-chose-a-spellcaster.707952/post-9510410']our next D&D campaign[/URL], and one of the players ("Gaelin") really wants to play the role of a werewolf. (This person is an avid hunter, and also a huge fan of [I]The Elder Scrolls [/I]games, especially [I]Skyrim[/I] and [I]Elder Scrolls Online[/I], loves dogs...) So nobody was really surprised when she asked the DM "so in this campaign, can I be a werewolf?" Our DM is a good one, and she agreed to work with the player to find a way to make it happen. The version in the Monster Manual was kicked out of consideration, because she didn't want the character to become an alignment-shifting part-time NPC...but pretty much anything else is on the table. The player wants to be able to grow as a werewolf, similar to the way things are done in Skyrim. (For those who don't know: contracting lycanthropy in Skyrim unlocks a special quest and a whole new skill tree. As you unlock parts of this skill tree, you learn a unique form of magic (howls) that allow you to temporarily boost your combat ability, summon spectral wolves, heal yourself, etc.) So the player wants his lycanthropy to be more than just a status condition--she wants it to gradually change her character over the course of several levels. I thought it would make a good discussion topic for EN World. And I also thought it would be fun to set up a poll, and then collect peoples' suggestions and put them into the poll. [/QUOTE]

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